Chapter 31: The Danger Is at Stake

"General, this can't be done, the brothers really can't rush forward!"

Looking at Xu Bao, who was lying on the ground and begging bitterly, Zhang Fu shook his head, and ordered his soldiers to help him up and said: "General Xu, there are only 20,000 people in the city, but there are more than 30,000 people in your Guiyi army, and there is also the cover support of artillery and muskets, you can easily climb the city tower, it's just that you are too useless to hold it!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes, the last general understands that the Great Tomorrow Army has done enough. But, can ......" Xu Bao hurriedly shook his hand, and then slurred a little.

"What the hell do you want to do?" Zhang Fu frowned.

"General," Xu Bao pondered his sentence for a while, and said in a low voice: "Now the morale of the Guiyi Army has been low, although there is the cooperation of the Great Tomorrow Army, it is difficult to break the city before dark, and the general will have a plan, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?" ”

"Say it."

"General, you also know that the salary of the Guiyi Army is too low, and it is only enough to make ends meet, but the brothers still hope to have a good future with their heads and follow the Heavenly Army, you see?"

Looking at Xu Bao, who was dodging his eyes, Zhang Fu was a little angry: "What do you want to say?" ”

“...... General, in addition to the recalcitrant rebels who are defending the city, there are also Diao people who do not obey the king, and the last general hopes that after the city is broken, the brothers will be allowed to make some money......

Zhang Fu was shocked, pointed to Kaecheng and said, "You, you mean to wash the city?" ”

"Yes, I hope the general's permission. As long as the brothers have the hope of making a fortune, they will naturally have a hundred times the morale, and they will be completely sure that the city will be broken when it gets dark. ”

"But," Zhang Fu was a little unable to understand Xu Bao's logic: "Isn't that your clan?" ”

"General, the last general is the viscount of the Ming Dynasty, and the Guiyi Army is also the army of the Ming Dynasty, and the city is just rebels and Diao people! The last general and the Guiyi army are not with them! ”

Looking at the serious Xu Bao, Zhang Fu was speechless.

......

After getting Sheng Yong's permission, Xu Bao announced the reward for breaking the city to the Guiyi army: after breaking the city, in addition to the palace, treasury, official office and the place designated by the Ming army, the Guiyi army was given an hour to loot, and all the money and property looted belonged to the soldiers of the Guiyi army. But after an hour, the raiding must be stopped immediately, otherwise there will be no mercy.

For a time, the Guiyi army was thunderous with joy and morale. After the generals of the Guiyi Army divided the area, they immediately took their positions and began to storm Kaesong. Encouraged by the plunder, the Guiyi army changed their previous cowardice and became fearless, even exchanging their lives for their lives.

An hour later, the Guiyi army broke through Kaesong, and in an instant, Kaesong was plunged into a sea of fire, and the thick smoke of the city could be seen for miles, mixed with the shouts, weepings and screams of the people......

After the city was broken, Sheng Yong ordered Zhang Fu to immediately lead the troops and control the palace, treasury and all official offices. But Sheng Yong himself didn't enter the city immediately, he looked at the sky above Kaecheng, sighed slightly, and looked back at Changshi Liao Sheng: "Liao Changshi, you said, General Ben did this, right?" ”

"General, the lower officials don't know," Liao Sheng said with a wry smile: "Judging from the results of the battle, the general conquered Kaecheng without losing a single soldier, which is a great achievement." It's a pity, alas! ”

“......”

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Jeju Island, the military port of the Daemyung Navy Division.

As soon as the sky was bright, Qi Pingyuan, the commander of the sailor division, was awakened from his sleep: "General, it's not good, the water division is coming." ”

"What?" Qi Pingyuan immediately got up: "Where?" How many people are there? How far is it from here? ”

"The patrol ship has just sent a signal salute, which is a signal of 100,000 urgency, and the number should be extremely large, because the salute is constantly being released."

"Okay, sound the alarm immediately, so that the ships on duty will set sail immediately, and be deployed outside the harbor, so as to prevent the surprise attack of the fire ships;"

"Let all the sailors board the ship, the red dragon boat and the eagle boat in the front, the fortune boat in the center, and the sea cang ship and the wheel ship in the back, to meet the Japanese sailors."

"Yes!"

......

With the rumbling sound of war drums, the Daming sailors sailed out of the port and assembled outside the port. Qi Pingyuan stood on the tall Fu boat, observed the enemy situation with a telescope, looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but clench his left hand: "What a vicious wolf, General Ben is careless." ”

Because the naval division occupied the upper hand, the first thing that caught my eye in the telescope was more than a hundred fireships, full of sails, like arrows from the string, rushing straight towards them; Behind it were more than a hundred large warships, only one size smaller than the Fu ship; Further on, there were a dense number of small warships, covering almost the entire surface of the sea, and it was estimated that there were at least a thousand.

Since the Battle of Jianghua Bay, Li Fangyuan has tried his courage and cooperated with the Japanese State to build more than 100 large warships with the strength of the whole country, which are specially used to fight against the Fu ships; and sent the famous general Jin Chongen to personally lead the sailors, with more than 700 ships under his command; And Ashikaga Yoshimitsu also sent his henchman Akamatsu Yoshinori to lead the Japanese naval division, and the number of ships reached more than 500.

In the face of the Daemung Naval Division, Kim Chong-eun and Akamatsu Yoshinori did not dare to be careless, and through careful reconnaissance, they roughly determined the number of various ships of the Jeju Island Naval Division and the patrol rules, and then carefully planned the attack.

Their plan was to rush into the harbor with a fireboat, causing chaos in the Daming Navy, and then use the big ship to entangle the Fu Boat, and at the same time use the small boat to annihilate the small ship of the Daming Sailor, and finally besiege the Fu Boat, which can be a victory.

It's a pity that this idea ran into a problem from the beginning, after the Ming army's sentry ship found the Korean and Japanese coalition forces, it immediately notified the observation post with a letter cannon, and in the night sky of dawn, the beautiful letter cannon salute was clearly visible, and the Ming army's sailors immediately started the ship and lined up to meet the enemy.

Kim Joong-eun on the big ship shook his head, Akito was so cunning that he actually came up with this way to warn. This is a simple and effective way to deliver messages at sea very quickly. But the matter has come to this point, and it can only be attacked.

Looking at the menacing enemy and the scattered formation of his own ships due to dodging the fire ships, Qi Pingyuan's face was solemn, but he issued orders in an orderly manner. He ordered the wheels, the Haicang ships, and the Fu ships to retreat to the southwest in turn to seize the upper hand.

In the process of retreating, the Fuchuan and Haicang ships used the advantage of their artillery to snipe the enemy, and at the same time took advantage of the high side of the ship to condescendingly attack the opponent's small boats with muskets, explosive packs, grenades and other items. Seeing this, the small boat did not dare to approach the big ship, but only dared to patrol in the distance.

Seeing this, Kim immediately ordered the big ship to follow the Fu boat, engage in grappling, and board the ship as hand-to-hand as possible. Vice Admiral Jingshui hurriedly stopped: "My lord, no, the artillery of the Fu Boat is very powerful, once it gets close, won't it become a target?" ”

"General Yu, the survival of our Han is here, and our army can only survive by fighting to the death. Give me the order, lean in, use gunpowder, fireballs, and hand-to-hand combat! ”

"Yes!"

Under the strict order of Kim Chong-eun, the Japanese sailors tried their best to get close to the Fu boat, threw out the hook and hooked the Fu boat, and then began to board the boat towards the Japanese water division; The Ming army on the Fu ship fought back, artillery and muskets roared, explosives bags and grenades were thrown together; And the Korean sailors were not to be outdone, they also had explosives packs, but because the quality of the gunpowder was not up to par, the power was much worse, but even so it caused great losses to the Ming army; Moreover, the warships that were hit by the artillery and caught fire brought even more harm, because the distance was too close, and several lucky ships were also set on fire.

The balance of victory in the broadside battle gradually tilted in favor of the desperate and outnumbered Japanese naval division, and the Ming army slowly retreated to the cabin and used muskets to deal with the enemy who rushed to the deck, the deck was slippery, and the soldiers of the Japanese naval division were unstable and fell under the muzzle of their guns.

But if the side of the ship is abandoned, it will be a mortal situation, and it will be easier for the enemy to set fire to the ship; So the Ming army had to send people out to throw grenades and attack the enemy who was burning the ship.

In this way, the battle between the large ships of both sides turned into a bloody war of attrition, with the corpses of soldiers on both sides piled up on the deck, blood already flowing down the side of the ship, and the ships of both sides also caught fire from time to time, burning the ghosts of both sides and howling wolves. But the balance of victory gradually tended in favor of the Korean and Japanese alliances.

In the battle of small warships, due to the huge disparity in numbers, the Korean and Japanese coalition forces also had a clear advantage, and only the chariot ships and Haicang ships took advantage of their speed advantage to make efforts to maneuver with the other side.

Therefore, on the whole, the Daming Sailor is in danger.